QuoteHistorical Account★★★★
James the brother of Jesus and James the son of Zebedee preach and are killed by mobs in Jerusalem; Matthew is slain with a sword in Ethiopia; Philip is hanged in Phrygia; Bartholomew flayed alive in Armenia. Andrew is crucified in Achaia, Thomas is run through with a lance in East India, Thaddeus is shot to death with arrows, a cross goes up in Persia for Simon the Zealot, and another in Rome for Peter. Matthias is beheaded; only John escapes a martyr’s grace.
Frank S. Mead.
The point
A roll call of how each apostle but John died a martyr's death.
Audience
Adults
To tell aloud
under a minute · 84 words